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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Listen, children, to a father's instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Because I give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4he taught me, and he said to me: "Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will guard you. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Wisdom is supreme--so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding! |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Esteem her highly and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9She will place a fair garland on your head; she will bestow a beautiful crown on you." |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Listen, my child, and accept my words, so that the years of your life will be many. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11I will guide you in the way of wisdom and I will lead you in upright paths. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12When you walk, your steps will not be hampered, and when you run, you will not stumble. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17For they eat bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what causes them to stumble. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart; |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22for they are life to those who find them and healing to one's entire body. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the sources of life. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn yourself away from evil. |
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